Example Sentences

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Simpson was misinterpreting life expectancy statistics and their bearing on Social Security.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2022

Working remotely, Andrules said, she’d often wonder whether she was misinterpreting something someone said on Slack or in a Zoom meeting.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2021

The coach also brought in collegiate gymnasts, Boyce said, who suggested she was misinterpreting a procedure Nassar performed on nerve endings in the pelvic area.

From Washington Post • Jan. 26, 2018

Associate Justices Jim Kitchens and Leslie King, in separate dissents that were both joined by Chief Justice Bill Waller, wrote that Lamar was misinterpreting the law.

From Washington Times • May 1, 2016

So I was misinterpreting the author, when I said that all that we see in nature is there, and a great deal more.

From The Recreations of a Country Parson by Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison